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The A76 Trunk Road (Closeburn) (Temporary 30mph and 20mph Speed Restrictions and Temporary Prohibition on Use of Road) Order 2017

The Scottish Ministers hereby give notice that they have made the above Order, under sections 2(1) and (2), 4(1) and 14(1)(b) and (4) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, which will have the effect of imposing temporary speed restrictions of 30mph and 20mph on that length of the A76 Kilmarnock – Dumfries Trunk Road from a point 675 metres or thereby south of the extended centre line of the junction with the unclassified road to Kirkpatrick, to a point 180 metres or thereby south of the extended centre line of that junction, a distance of 510 metres or thereby.

The Order will also have the effect of temporarily prohibiting the use of parts of that length of the A76 Kilmarnock – Dumfries Trunk Road from a point 475 metres or thereby south of the extended centre line of the junction with the unclassified road to Kirkpatrick, to a point 355 metres or thereby south of the extended centre line of that junction, a distance of 115 metres or thereby.

The Order will be in place from 2 October 2017 to 7 October 2017 and is required to ensure that a roadside interview survey may be undertaken safely. A risk to staff working within the site has been identified while traffic is travelling at the normal road speed.

Alternative Routes

An alternative route for traffic during the restriction is not required.